Nonlinear absorption and photoluminescence emission in nanocomposite films of Fuchsine Basic dye–polymer system

Fabrication, Characterization of Basic Blue 7 Dye-Doped PVA Films and Their Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties

In this work, we report on the fabrication, characterization and the third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of basic blue 7 (BB 7) dye‒doped polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer thin films. The absorption spectra of BB 7 dye‒PVA films were measured by UV‒visible absorption studies. The functional groups of BB 7‒PVA films have been identified by FT‒IR spectroscopic analysis. The surface morphology was examined by AFM and SEM analysis which shows that the BB 7 dye‒doped PVA films have a homogenous and smooth surface. The nonlinear absorption and refraction of BB 7‒PVA films were respectively explored by open aperture and closed aperture Z‒scan technique using a 5 mW semiconductor diode laser of 635 nm wavelengths. The BB 7‒PVA films exhibit the reverse saturable absorption (RSA) and self-defocusing effect and the measured third‒order nonlinear susceptibility χ(3) values of these films were found to be of the order of 10- 5 esu. The present experimental results show that BB 7‒PVA films may have potential applications in future photonic and NLO devices.

Hyperspectral z-scan: Measurement of spectrally resolved nonlinear optical properties

Broadband hyperspectral z-scan using a supercontinuum light source is a convenient technique to obtain spectrally resolved nonlinear optical properties of the materials under investigation. Post-processing and segregation of the data obtained from the supercontinuum based hyperspectral z-scan measurement aids in determining the nonlinear optical properties with high spectral resolution. However, few data models exist to store and represent the large amount of information acquired from the hyperspectral z-scan measurement. In this paper, a 3D data model for representing the data obtained from broadband z-scan measurements and analysis is presented. This method would help in the quick characterization of spectrally resolved nonlinear optical properties of materials from a single z-scan measurement. The proposed model is used for obtaining the spectrally resolved nonlinear optical properties of rhodamine 6G.

Study of self-defocusing, reverse saturable absorption and photoluminescence in anthraquinone PMMA nanocomposite film

The nanocomposite film of 1,5-diamino-9,10-anthraquinone in poly methyl methacrylate has been fabricated by following guest-host method. Intense reverse saturable absorption and self-defocusing effect have been investigated by employing Z-scan technique with low power CW laser at 532 nm with different intensities for the dye-polymer composite film. The estimated values of nonlinear absorption coefficient β, nonlinear refractive index n2 and third order susceptibility χ((3)) of the composite film are of the order of 10(-3) (m/W), 10(-11) (m(2)/W) and 10(-4) (esu), respectively. The dye molecules have been encapsulated uniformly between molecules of polymer as a nanocomposite with average roughness ∼7.96 nm as characterized by AFM technique. The nanocomposite film also exhibited strong photoluminescence emission when excited with 532 nm. The second order hyperpolarizability of composite film has also been estimated. The evaluated figure of merit W having a value greater than 1, and the results obtained suggest that the composite film of 1,5-diamino-9,10-anthraquinone-PMMA has potential applications in nonlinear optical devices.